meli.1: add contacts doc
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@ -105,6 +105,54 @@ instead to use the mailcap entry for the MIME type of the attachment, if any. Se
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for the location of the mailcap files and
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for the location of the mailcap files and
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.Xr mailcap 5
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.Xr mailcap 5
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for their syntax.
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for their syntax.
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.Sh SEARCH
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Each e-mail storage backend has its default search method.
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.Em IMAP
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uses the SEARCH command,
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.Em notmuch
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uses libnotmuch and
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.Em Maildir/mbox
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have to do a slow linear search. Thus it is advised to use a cache on
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.Em Maildir/mbox
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accounts.
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.Nm Ns
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, if built with sqlite3, includes the ability to perform full text search on the following fields: From, To, Cc, Bcc, In-Reply-To, References, Subject and Date. The message body (in plain text human readable form) and the flags can also be queried. To enable sqlite3 indexing for an account set
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.Em cache_type
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to
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.Em sqlite3
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in the configuration file and to create the sqlite3 index issue command
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.Cm index Ar ACCOUNT_NAME Ns \&.
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To search in the message body type your keywords without any special formatting.
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To search in specific fields, prepend your search keyword with "field:" like so:
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.Pp
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.D1 subject:helloooo or subject:\&"call for help\&" or \&"You remind me today of a small, Mexican chihuahua.\&"
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.Pp
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.D1 not ((from:unrealistic and (to:complex or not "query")) or flags:seen,draft)
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.Pp
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.D1 alladdresses:mailing@list.tld and cc:me@domain.tld
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.Pp
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Boolean operators are
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.Em or Ns
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,
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.Em and
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and
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.Em not
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.Po
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alias:
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.Em \&!
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.Pc
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String keywords with spaces must be quoted. Quotes should always be escaped.
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.sp
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.Sy Important Notice about IMAP
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.sp
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To prevent downloading all your messages from your IMAP server, don't set
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.Em cache_type
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to
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.Em sqlite3 Ns
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\&.
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.Nm
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will relay your queries to the IMAP server. Expect a delay between query and response. Sqlite3 on the contrary at reasonable mailbox sizes should have a non noticable delay.
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.Sh COMPOSING
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.Sh COMPOSING
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To send mail, press
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To send mail, press
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.Cm m
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.Cm m
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@ -157,54 +205,26 @@ issue Ctrl-z and to resume editing press the
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command again (default
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command again (default
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.Em e Ns
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.Em e Ns
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).
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.Sh SEARCH
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.Sh CONTACTS
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Each e-mail storage backend has its default search method.
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.Em IMAP
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uses the SEARCH command,
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.Em notmuch
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uses libnotmuch and
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.Em Maildir/mbox
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have to do a slow linear search. Thus it is advised to use a cache on
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.Em Maildir/mbox
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accounts.
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.Nm Ns
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, if built with sqlite3, includes the ability to perform full text search on the following fields: From, To, Cc, Bcc, In-Reply-To, References, Subject and Date. The message body (in plain text human readable form) and the flags can also be queried. To enable sqlite3 indexing for an account set
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.Em cache_type
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to
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.Em sqlite3
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in the configuration file and to create the sqlite3 index issue command
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.Cm index Ar ACCOUNT_NAME Ns \&.
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To search in the message body type your keywords without any special formatting.
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To search in specific fields, prepend your search keyword with "field:" like so:
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.Pp
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.D1 subject:helloooo or subject:\&"call for help\&" or \&"You remind me today of a small, Mexican chihuahua.\&"
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.Pp
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.D1 not ((from:unrealistic and (to:complex or not "query")) or flags:seen,draft)
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.Pp
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.D1 alladdresses:mailing@list.tld and cc:me@domain.tld
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.Pp
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Boolean operators are
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.Em or Ns
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.Em and
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and
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.Em not
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.Po
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alias:
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.Em \&!
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.Pc
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String keywords with spaces must be quoted. Quotes should always be escaped.
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.sp
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.Sy Important Notice about IMAP
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.sp
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To prevent downloading all your messages from your IMAP server, don't set
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.Em cache_type
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to
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.Em sqlite3 Ns
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\&.
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.Nm
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.Nm
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will relay your queries to the IMAP server. Expect a delay between query and response. Sqlite3 on the contrary at reasonable mailbox sizes should have a non noticable delay.
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supports two kinds of contact backends:
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.Bl -enum -compact -offset indent
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.It
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an internal format that gets saved under
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.Pa $XDG_DATA_HOME/meli/account_name/addressbook Ns
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\&.
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.It
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vCard files (v3, v4) through the
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.Ic vcard_folder
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option in the account section. The path defined as
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.Ic vcard_folder
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can hold multiple vCards per file. They are loaded read only.
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.El
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See
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.Xr meli.conf 5 ACCOUNTS
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for the complete account configuration values.
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.Sh EXECUTE mode
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.Sh EXECUTE mode
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Commands are issued in EXECUTE mode, by default started with Space and exited with Escape key.
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Commands are issued in EXECUTE mode, by default started with Space and exited with Escape key.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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